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Topic: Problems Connecting to SQL 2005

Posted By: Tegwin
Subject: Problems Connecting to SQL 2005
Date Posted: 03 January 2006 at 9:23pm

Hey guys,

I have installed VS2005 Express and SQL 2005 express.

I am trying to connect to SQL 2005 Express and when I run osql -U sa I get the following error

[SQL Native Client]Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL
Server [2].
[SQL Native Client]Login timeout expired
[SQL Native Client]An error has occurred while establishing a connection to
the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by
the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote
connections.

The SQL 2005 express is installed on my local machine but I cannot connect...Anyone have any ideas

Thanks

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